The Sun. — London, England, 1809-02-25 00:00:00

Expeletta ; Cuesta, at Murcia ; Contn Florida Blanca, at Seville ; and Savrada, at Asturias. When the British Government looked at these•names they could not find• one whose presence did not, to every thinking mind, afford a proof of parity of mind, and an omen of success. Even among those who sur .rounded the Usurper at Bayonne were many who were compelled to a shew of acquiescence-which they were the reverse -of , rtaually entertaining.--- among these two of the most illustrious instances . were, the Dake Dlnfantado Cevallos.- 7 When in the Spanish Councils were thus. seen unit ed the wisdom of hoary-headed age, and the valour of • patriotic and enthusiastic youth, who could hesi-: tate iu giving to the efforts of such men the character to.which they were entitled ? ,That the Spaniards lied been hitherto in a great measure unsuccessful, i.cy tale could' deny ; but he was :pot one of those -,vho:thought in the first instance that they 4rOuld b 3 enabled immediately,te overturn their oppressors; notwithstanding the unparalleled 'valour, .which they had displayed at Bayien and Saragossa. What. he bad iooked for he bad found—an unconquerable,de terioination not to be subdued, a hatred. to the tyrant who had overrun their country, .so ,strong, that wherever he withdrew a picquet, there he lost his groepd. Under such cireumstances the throne of ,koseph was built on sand ; it must totter with every blast, and the dynasty of Buonaparte was in Spain it bout the hope of security or permanence. - He deprecated the supposition that resistance to Burma .parte on the Continent was in vain. The example of Spain wouldbe in the highest degree useful in that respect ; for though in that country the tide of success which the French had so long experienced had not absolutely been turned, the rapidity of the current haa been considerably diminished. The ef 'fens of the Spanish Juntas had been of the most ho pourable nature. By, great and disinterested exer lions, they had endeavoured to maintain, not a des potic monarchy, not a democratic revolution, but a revolution which,to all the energy of liberty, added all the sacredness of loyalty. A revolution which seemed sent by providence, to stand between the dreadful convulsions in France and posterity ; and to shew, that in the paroxysms of freedom, a monarch might still be loved. Thai he bad aJatrinble share in the support of such a cause, wutild be a consola tion which he should carry with. him to the grave: He stood here for judgment, full of confidence in the result, and ready to submit to any verdiel that might be pronounced. The situation of Spain was little worse at present than what it. wain June last. He saw no cause for that complete despon dency which seemed to have succeeded to sanguine expectations and he was little less disposed to de spair of the result, when he contemplated the yet unsubdeed spirit of the Spanish nation. Atter Mr. c.t.titoNo concluded, the confusion produced in the House by the fire at Drury-lane Theatre, considerably increased, upon . which ,General MaTnxw moved that the House do note adjourn, alluding particularly to the distresS of Mind the unfortunate accident must. : occasion to a well known Member of the House. • . . gr. Surr,etoAN, telt the accident was calamitous to an individual, but hoWever that' might, be, it should pot interrupt the public proceedings of the • House. Mr. Wert. SMITH rind Mr. WILBERPOIKE were of the same opinion ; and the CHANCELLOR of . the Excru . tiv caj observed, that if, unfortunately, there had been a performance at the Theatre that night, it would be natural enough for Gentlemen to be,., o,ejer to withdraw,. and inquire into the situation of their relations who might happen to be present; bet as there was no performance, he illooght it • ha inconsistent with the dignity dill, i louse to , uspood its proceedings on account of such an acenkut, , • to iite Pet!ate that followed there was nothing new. The Sp&utkers wole, Mr., NVIUDHANI, Ma jor At.t.tuf, Mr, ~.RATI-MOD, L4r. HtercpmsoN i }.-td l'01 0 1r: mid Mr. lioNswiev. 'file douse For the Motion, Akittist it Mojaity for Ministers - —93 - Adjourned et Li:M.l).la Three, to Monday next. 127 .. 220 11. E SUN, fOLght DlCiut rni.sum AUDFAT? L 0 N D . O IV, SATURDAY { yEtiItUMAY 25, 1809. SAtrio of the public Papers mention n report - oldie It; .$5 of tie Salsege #rigate in the no MOH puce to that etfea has reached Government. The l;tst accounts received respe6ting the Salsetfr stated, that am was in Mahnoe ftoads. We are sorry, how ever, to add ? that the Fume Gun-brig is lost,. WE yesterday stated that GovernMent received dispatches from Admiral .F.EATS, pfr Gottenburgh., )$y the same conveyance privatq accounts have reached this Country, which state, that an event of considerable importance lAs occurred at Pe tersburgh.—.—An attempt, 'it is said, has been made upon the life of the Grand Duke CON- FrA.NTINE, which failed, but ,the shot which was fired at the Grand Duke, killed his Aide.. de : X.:amp, who was close to him. Another leiter confirms the account of the attempt upon the fife of the grand Duke, • bUt states it to have been made in a different manner. It states, that the conspirators intended to assassinate the Grand Duke in his bed-chamber, but mistook the room, and went *to that of his Aid-de 7 gamp, who fell 3 vidir 4 ) to their fuisialte. It is, added; that a Proclamation had been issued by the Emperor, offering - a reward of 200,000 . roubles for the discovery' of the persona concerned m till 3 affair, and in the 'course of the following n ght placards were stuck up in different parts of St. Dl tersburgh, offeFin a reward of 100,0(10 'roubles to any person who 4hould ass:assiriate the Grand Duke. Vie illlllol p ledge ourselves fin the truth of this state . meat, bat we think it highly probable, as we know the‘Grand Duke C0t:37 . 01 . ms WAS extremely un• popular even before the war between Great Britain and. Russia ; and as that measure is is 'a great degree attributed to his influence and advice, , of course the public indignation against him has been greatly aug mented. there appears to prevail among the mercantile in tereein this Country a strong opinion, that an ad justment will soon take place with Russia, and many articles usually imported from that gmpire have recently experienced a considerable reduction in priCe. It 'igas reported ytsterday in the City that, Don PSDRO CEVALLOS had received intelligence of the French, who had advanced to the frontiers of Por tugal, having suddsnly fallen back ; and also that Marshal LANES, who was marching against Sara gossa, had, received counter orders, and commenced his march to France. The Frefich in Madrid, it was reported, were packing up in order to retreat, A VessA arrived yesterday from fiolland, but more Captain brings no Letters or Papers .of a date recent than those already. before the Public. His Vessel has, for the last five or six'days, been coast ing '1 about on the Suffolk coast, Upwards of thirty passengers are arrived from Lis bon in the Princess Charlotte Packet, among whom are Mr. and Miss METzENtu - , Mr. and Mrs. JORGE and Child, Mr. and Mrs. PAIVA and Children, Mr, COENTRE, Mr. GUrpNE, Mr. COMMONT, Mr. LAMBERT, Mr...FOGG, Colonel WILSON, Captain FORSTER, Miss ULISES, &C. &C. INDIA HOUSE.—Yesterday a Court ofs Direeturs was held at the East India House, when the Ship Elrl Flowe, Capt. EASTFIELD, was ordered to be afloat the 2d of March, sad to Gravesend the.l6th, stay there twenty days, and be in the Downs the th of April.—The following Ships were taken up, in addition to those engaged for the present season, viz. Sir William Pulteney, .Northampton, and Union.—The Court adjourned at seven o'clock, till Wednesday next. A Petition was yesterday presented to the House of Commons, for leave to biing in a Bill for making. an Archway through Highgate Hill. Wednesday a divisionof the sth infantry marched into Bath : the men appeared in tolerable health, and in high spirits. - The ed Battalion of the 35th Regiment have marched from Andover to Chichester. The 52d and 92d Regiments have gone into mourning, the former for Sir JOHN Mooaa, and the latter fur Colonel NAYIBR. A • grand Pigeon Match for one hundred guineas took place yesterday on Hounslow Heath, between Messrs. CATER and WILLIAMS, celebrated shots, at 2 t pigeons each. Mr. CATER killed fifteen birds from the number, and hii adversary killed twelve only. .Music..--The second of the Vocal Concerts, un- 1 der the direction of HARRISON and 13ARTLEMAN, took place last night at the. Hanover-square Rooms, and ltad a numerous and elegant audience. The enter tainment was exquisite in selection and performance. A dcstrulive tire broke out en Thursday night, 14 the house of Captain Youuorta, a; Bradbury, Her's, which consumed the same, together with a.eettiti 7 gums farm-yard,. and annexed building. The pre mises were insured to the-arno'unt :of two thousand pounds, birt , the damage aMeunts to , thrice that sum. The family were first distuibed at twelve o'clock, the flames having been discovered in a back parlour, aid they had difficulty in saving themselves. 'Be 'sides the buildings destroyed, upwards of tittr bead of cattle were sacrificed, the rapidity of the ifatnes having prevented their being girt away. PLYMOUTH, FEE. 2%—i,itle(l . the Spanish Brig Auestra Senora (le la Pitniad, JOSEV BINDuN, Mister, for Cadiz the Swedish Brig, Maria ; 'Christiana, W.. MEGK, Master, , and thv Swedish Brig, linighei ten, OLOY iWaster, both in ballast to the Westward. • Arrived the Joker, l'itomAs, •from Cork, laden with provisions for this port. Sailed the Narcissus Fiigate, Capt. MALCOLM, to the Westw a rd . PORTSMOUTH, Fan. 24.--Arrived NLijesty,'s Ship Dapper and Caevotie.. from the Downs.; It Convoy of. ;30 Sad Ironi ditto. , , Sailed his Majesty's Ship .Thames, and Abundance Store-ship, for the Mediterranean, .w g eth er w ith a Convoy ; likewise his Majesty's Ships Euclymion, Scorpion, Rile, Jasper, and Prince Arthur, for Ply molth ; and his. Majesty's Ship Surly, with a Con voy of Transports, fbr Guernsey. SHEERNMS, FED. 23....arrivea his Majesty's Gun-bri g s Censor and . Wangler, from the North Sea .and the Onjx, CapOin 'GILL ) , with a , Dutch Brig of War: Prize, taken by her after a very, gallant a:tion. She was formerly the Handy Gun=brig (Britk,h.) DEAL, Fen. 24.,--Artiyed his Majesty's Ships Putdargus and itreriitnt from a crnize, and remain in the Downs with the Ships as per lain. The rich gift of 1500. Tickets, assisted by the grand and' golden display or four 20,0001.. two 10,0001. two 501f01. six 10001. &c. conta►ned in the present Lottery Scheme, sufficiently accounts for the partiality the public has already shown, by the great number at tickets already. bespoke and sold. The Twenty and Ten Thousand round Prizes be sides other Capitals ii)mred and sold. by HouristrY and Co. in the last Lottery, are paying in full. at the old establsfied State Lottery Offices, No. 24,, Corn• hill, and St. Margaret's•hill, borough.) where Tickets and Shares for the present superior Lottery arc one sale. The trivan lases to purchasers are such as to render them incalculable. The Prizes are well at and 15no extra Chances so very beneficial, that every one who can with wed, become an Oven- . timer, no doubt will try their goad fortune. BIRTHS On the 2ist inst. the Lady of Richard Arkwright, Esq. of a . Daughter. Yestenidiy . morning, the Lady of John Ellis, Esq, of james.:streeti ituckingham-Cae, of a Son. MARRIED. On Tuesday the t4th inst. at New Windsor, Mr. jamfs Stout, to Miss Rogers. '' • • DRURY LANE TIIE-4TRE. - • It i i with extreme concern that we lave Wan ? nOunce the entire destru6tion of this superb and beautiful edifice, which was one of the chief orna ments of the British capital. At about a quarter. before eleven last night the first symptoms of fire appeared, anti in a very short time the' whole ex panse of the theatre was in a blaze. it continued to rage with the utmost fury Irmo that period, and excited strong apprehensions that it would commu nicate to Vinegar-yard, Russell-court, 'Drury-lane, and, indeed, the whole immediate vicinity. At about one o'clock, however, the fire began to give indications that its fury was abating, and that it was not likely to extend beyond the boundaries of the theatre, - The origin a this dreadful event, which involves the misery and ruin of so many dependants on the —. • vast property thus destroyed, has not yet beep as but many reports are in 'circulation. Ac- cording to one account, the calamity resulted from the negligence of some Plumbers who had been at work in the passages _ leading to the water-closets .; and our Readers will recollect that,'owing to similar carelessness, the beautiltfi strature of, St. Paul, Co vent Garden, was destroyed a few years ago. The engines were brought with great rapidity, from the several Fire-insurance Offices, but the con flagratien was SP furious tnd extensive, as to bid de fiance to their efforts, and the idea of saving any part of ,the Theatre itself was wholly out af , the. question. It ought to be mentioned, howevet:, that the firemen exerted themselves to the utmost in en deavouring to confine the flames to the Theatre ; and happily there was po want of. water. Atiaong other' reports, it was stated that there had been a rehearsal of some splendid SpeEtacle in the course of the evening, but this accoent, we are assured, had do foundation. The fire was so violent and so rapid in its pro-, gress, that' all attempts to , save its contents would, in a short time after its commencement, have been sure destration . to the parties who made them. It is however said, that Mrs. JORDAN'S dressing-room was broken open very soon after the first appearance • of the flames, • and Much valuable property belong ing to her. was rescued from their, fury. By the resolute efforts of Mr. PEAKS, the Treasurer,' we find also that many private papers were secured, as be rushed into the danger, contrary to the most earnest, solicitations of his friends, and the people who were* near him in the street. We are happy in tindiug that he Suffered no person's!, injury, but it is impos— Bible to describe the agitation of his mud, arising from his concern for the property. It is said also that some property btilonging to Mr. SPRING, the Box Book, and f?l'offse-keeper, was preserved, but all that could be rescued from this rapid and dreadful conflagration must be comparatively of , a trifling nature. The metropolis was illuminated to the remotest parts of the town, and the intelligence of the scite of the calamity seemed to spread with equal 'rapidity, as people from all parts came flocking towards the melancholy scene of action, as to a central point. , -- The crowd near the fatal spot was , imMerise, and alf . the streets leading to it were thronged with people, yet perhaps there is na instance on record in which there appeared less turbulence and confusion: As far as . it was possible to detach the Mind of the spec.. tators from the awful and tremendous calamity in view, the appearance of the metropolis was in the highest degree;` striking and magnificent: The tbpS of the houses in all direCtions were covered with people, and those whesrood' upon any house, from which a view of WestminSter and Blackfriars Bridges could 'be seen, could see every passenger ge . over them, and distinctly mark the ballustrades. The Patent 7 shet' MaitufaciorY, 'and, indeed, every large edifice on the Sonth.of the Thaines, as well as those on the other side, were illumineted with great splendor, and con tributed to render' the coup d'eeit the' grandest spec 7 fipeancle of the kind that perhaps has ever been wit 7 nestled since that memorable calamity, emphatically denominated the fire of London. The refte4tion'al the lire on the Thames was another striking feature in the general magnificence of the scene... But all sense of the grandeur of the speciacle must vanish from the Mind, in contemplating the wretch, ed condition to which so many people must be re duced, by a calamity so sudden and extensive. We rely, .howeyer, upon the prompt humanity 'and be 7 nevOleece of the British Charader, and doubt trot that means for their relief will be adopted `ith all possible celerity. Some of the trifiing property saved in this im mense -wreck was carried to Mr. JonNsrmix's, ,the cbtneditin,', Tavistockfrow t to Mr. ,GRUISLI'S Mr. BOW t.lties, in Brydge's-street ; to Mr. KENT'S, in 'raviitncic-street I and to many other contiguous: houses, the owners 'of which most. readily opened their deers to receive whatever wa* brought for their protection. The stave 9f things it) Vinegar-yard, court, and other places immediately adjacent to the Theatre, was distressing in the highest degree. Some people were running away with their goods•, chests, bureaus, beds, &c. ; others were carrying objeas more dear to them, their children, some naked, others nearly so, astonished and crying as they passed along the scene of blazing horror. Indeed one con tinued flame spread over the Theatre, within half an hour after the fire broke out, extending to be• tween 4 and 500 feet in breadth. The statue of Apollo, on the top of the edifice, remained longer on its station thin could be expea ed, considering the violence of the devouring ele ment below, and when fall, with other parts of the building, the impression was most awful and terrific. It is said that Mr. KENT, whose •namewe have previously mentioned, was the first tp give the alarm, by which means something at least was saved, and particularly the papers in the Treasury. All attempts to get at the reservoir in the theatre were ineffettual, arid -'We cannot wonder that the flames spread with so much rapidity when we reflea that, except the inerh outward walls, almost the whole of the structure was of wood. Though the walls on the` north and south side of the t huntre fell soddenly, and blocked up the passages in Ithsseil atreot, and Vinegar-yard, we bare the consolation , of hearing that no life has been S a crificed hy th is dreadful event, and., indeed, that no corporal inj ur y of any kind occurred: The heat was so great in I3rydges-street, and in deed in ail parts nearly surrounding the Theatre, 'that it effeaualjy kept otf the criand. By the inces sant efforts of the respecaiva firemen, though the whole neighbouthood seemed to be threatened with : ruin, the houses in the vicinity were preserved, and only one or two, particularly that of Mrs. i*P BE41:}1, a vender of oysters, fruit, .Scc. suffered in the rod. Mr, SHERIDAN was in the Raise of Commons wlien he received the first :intelligence' of the fatal event, and though be was evidently muchaflected by the 'shock, yet when it was observed that it would be proper to adjourn a debate in ' which he was ex , pected to take a part,, he stimmoned fortitude enough to , say, (hat however lamentable the event might be as to himself, he thought it ough t not to interrupt the business of the Country. Next to the injury which this Gentleman will suttee i 9 that which 'befalls Mrs. RICHARDSON end he r f°llr amiable daughters, whose sole dependence W. ° n a quarter retl part of the Theatre, of which theY -)13- priefors. The vast body of inferior performers and ether dependants of the Theatre 4 will doubtless be asaea by a public subscriptiou, to which every f r i on ti Pi humanity will of course most readily contribute. "., We understand that in Lambeth, Knightsbridge , and other villages equally distant frail London, the people might have been able from the efrea of the light to havepursned r all their ordinary occupatio s * At nine o'clock the watchman of the theatre Wen t his usual round, - and observed n o t hi ng that cee o give ihe least idea of the impending ealamilY. '4IICI . first appearance of the (lames We 4 4rydges 4 tt e e t, in some work-rooms immediately :above the Dn a Saloon allotted to refreshMente, in which there sva4 a model of the statue of Girtalcit, in WesuP i n ite l . Abbey. •• • • .. Police Officers and several' Volunteer C ar p i ssr: in order t o p re v ent d e p re da t ions, and cna. the firemen to do their duty LAU We 143°C repeat what we have said, 'to the honour Of the vast number of people assembl e d , that we never saw le ss tendency to disorder off' every kind, and .;11 seemed to be absorbed:in silent . h orror who wets: n ot in 3 situation to render aai v e as sist an ce. • The various churches in the Metropolis and,everY, large strait= as far Hi the eye could reach, were os distindly tisjble in all parts as in open day. s' Thus lias this noble strualure, one of the 'c'4it features, pad one of the most conspicuous ornamepit of the great capital of the world, in the short sph ctj of an hour or two, been levelled in the dust, add!"g' by its melancholy consequences, an impressive l s son to the counsels of experience, on the instability of all human . possessions. 'Though the p rogress this terrible evant was efietaually checked, fire was strongly prevalent upon the ruins when' 00 Paper was put to press. The following, we 'have authority tn. say, is as insure exaa statement of ‘the.amount of the sans on the Theatre, at'the - respefliva fire-offices. • , .. The British s,oco •t nipeo3l - i 3,000 - , lo,oucr EaVe - :6,i" Total - 34,403) It is evident that the above such Itaist by ino". siderable indeed, in comparison with the e xtent ° I the injury which this deplorable event has °cc'''. aimed P:v:ttei t.. Ma lta, I 1\111..14' PRICE OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWIIINS O'CLOCK. 6i3 CCIIISMS LONDON ; Painted by R. HARRIS (of MartlettCO 140; Bow-street), and published by W. A. e x trri So Moutton-streett t it the Stin.ollice t ti t straild•